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A man and woman dance onstage. The woman is kicking her leg up, flaring the skirt of her white dress.

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 23-30

October 21, 2025

President's Concert Opera

Penn State Opera and the State Theatre partner to enrich local opera experience

October 21, 2025

Two women and two men sing in unison.

Penn State Ukrainian Society shares importance of celebrating folk culture

October 20, 2025

Silhouette of a construction worker climbing scaffolding against a purple and orange sky, symbolizing progress and labor.

Penn State Altoona to present ‘Working’ as fall theatre performance

October 17, 2025

elaborat jack o lantern decoration

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 16-23

October 15, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to host fall performance series, calls for local artists

October 10, 2025

Colorful illustration of two people dancing in the street accompanied by the words Crazy for You

Centre Stage’s ‘Crazy for You’ taps into the Golden Age

October 10, 2025

Penn State Schuylkill introduces new way to move, learn with 'Dance 100'

October 06, 2025

Two women wearing traditional floral headdress sing in unison.

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 9-16

October 06, 2025

Parker McCollum performs on January 25, 2025

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 2-9

October 01, 2025

Actor Delroy Lindo to visit Penn State University Park Oct. 7–8

September 30, 2025

Penn State Altoona students Layna Henry, Nia Hubbard, Jay Schmidt, and Emma Moniz pose on stage for the Human Resources reading.

Penn State Altoona to host staged reading of ‘Human Resources’ Oct. 2

September 29, 2025

Two actors from the Linny Fowler WillPower Tour perform a sword fight scene from “Macbeth."

Penn State Fayette to host 53rd annual Shakespeare Festival

September 29, 2025

Two women wearing traditional dress stand in front of a mosaic background.

Kurbasy summons ‘Songs of the Ukrainian Forest’ Oct. 9 at Recital Hall

September 24, 2025

A large rhinoceros bursts out of a background of bright orange and yellow

Penn State Centre Stage’s ‘Rhinoceros’ blurs line between audience and 'herd'

September 23, 2025

abstract image of blue geometric patterns on an orange background

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 25-Oct. 2

September 23, 2025

An animated film still shows a young girl and a rooster on a raft.

‘Disney’s Moana Live-to-Film Concert’ celebrates island music, culture Oct. 14

September 23, 2025

Isabella Petitta, Department of Entomology, Graduate Student

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 18-25

September 17, 2025

Mónica Ortiz Rossi performs with Sanctuario

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 11-18

September 10, 2025

A dancer sits on one end of a ladder while a man holds the other end.

Momix returns to Eisenhower Auditorium on Oct. 8 with ‘Alice’

September 10, 2025

Circus tent with red and white stripes on carnival funfair, amusement park.

Penn State Altoona to host ‘Great DuBois Circus’ Oct. 3

September 08, 2025

A group of young women sing and dance at an outdoor concert.

Groove and mingle at the third annual Move Mix Festival on Sept. 25

September 06, 2025

Portrait Amy Dupain Vashaw outside Eisenhower Auditorium

Q&A: The 'invisible hand' driving artistic performances at Penn State

September 04, 2025

A smiling man wears a suit plays the drums

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 4-11

September 03, 2025

Young Black dancers stand in a row and gesture in unison.

Theatrical dance program celebrates abolitionist’s legacy at Penn State Sept. 19

September 02, 2025

Three women stand in front of cardboard cutouts resembling stiletto boots.

Lea Asbell-Swanger retires after 41 years at Center for the Performing Arts

August 28, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor accepted to attend symposium

August 28, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona announces performing arts audition dates

August 19, 2025

Eisenhower Auditorium-night

Center for the Performing Arts announces 2025-26 season

August 14, 2025

A group of smiling actors with microphones stand in a semi circle behind a central actor on a stage

Penn State Centre Stage announces 2025-26 show season

August 04, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona announces summer performance series lineup

July 08, 2025

A crowd mills about on a tree-lined street, with colorful flags hanging overhead.

2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to be held July 9-13

July 03, 2025

Cirque performer group on a colorful stage

'Cirque Dreams Holidaze' is set to dazzle at the BJC this holiday season

June 25, 2025

Student's potential career path includes summer opportunity on Broadway

June 16, 2025

A male and female student rehearse a theater scene.

Penn State Centre Stage summer theater returns with two distinct productions

June 10, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to host summer performance series, calls for local artists

June 09, 2025

Funny depiction of Shakespeare with bruises and black eye and yelling Ouch

Penn State Centre Stage ignites summer with the launch of Firefly Rep

June 03, 2025

Four One Night on Broadway performer headshots

‘New One Night on Broadway' takes Centre Stage with Penn State Theatre alumni

May 06, 2025

Bright green title text with Frankenstein images in the background

Penn State to present premiere of 'True Crime Frankenstein'

April 30, 2025

Neil deGrasse Tyson stands in front of a Hubble telescope image of the solar galaxy.

Tickets go on sale starting April 30 to see astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

April 29, 2025

Livestream talk on April 30 with award-winning television director Mary Lou Belli

April 28, 2025

WE ARE mortar board

Things to Do at Penn State: April 24-May 15

April 23, 2025

A woman instructor raises her hands high in front of a group of dancers.

Free Let’s Dance movement workshop returns to Eisenhower Auditorium stage May 1

April 22, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Things to Do at Penn State: April 17-24

April 16, 2025

Alice in Wonderland

Things to Do at Penn State: April 10-17

April 09, 2025

Dancers from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble rehearse for their spring 2025 performance.

Things to Do at Penn State: April 3-10

April 02, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’

March 31, 2025

Students, faculty, and guests interact at the annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

Altoona to host Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair April 12

March 28, 2025

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: April 1-7

March 27, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Things to Do at Penn State: March 27-April 3

March 26, 2025

Large vertical video screens hang above a band and a choir.

Bang on a Can All-Stars to perform David Lang’s ‘Before and After Nature’

March 19, 2025

A young woman assists another woman with accessing tickets on her mobile phone.

Download the new, free Arts Ticket Center app for an easier event experience

March 19, 2025

Simon Majumdar 1

Things to Do at Penn State: March 20-27

March 19, 2025

Man in a black shirt and pants speaks in front of a group of students gathered around him in a circle

STAGES festival connects School of Theatre students to industry professionals

March 17, 2025

penn state centre stage rehearsal

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost the Musical’

March 12, 2025

A diverse cast of actors dressed in dark, gothic, and monstrous costumes pose for a family portrait.

Broadway tour of ‘The Addams Family’ comes to Penn State for two shows April 1–2

March 11, 2025

Theatre masks of comedy and tragedy on a yellow background

Penn State Altoona to present Shakespeare spoof March 20 and 21

March 11, 2025

Three teen-age boys dance in unison in a semi-circle.

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ comes to Eisenhower Auditorium on March 27

March 06, 2025

Cafe Laura Entrance

Things to Do at Penn State: March 6-20

March 05, 2025

A group of acrobats circle to catch another in midair.

Acrobatic cirque company Circa’s ‘Duck Pond’ comes to Penn State on March 22

March 04, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 27-March 6

February 26, 2025

Harrisburg to host artist residency with poet and educator Brandon Leake

February 21, 2025

Drawing of a theatre set

School of Theatre professor helps bring the magic to Disney Treasure cruise ship

February 21, 2025

Penn State Cheerleaders performing on stage during THON

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 20-27

February 19, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Centre Stage presents 'How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying'

February 13, 2025

A woman working on a costume

School of Theatre graduate student values ‘knowing a little bit about everything’

February 11, 2025

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A man and woman dance onstage. The woman is kicking her leg up, flaring the skirt of her white dress.

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 23-30

October 21, 2025

President's Concert Opera

Penn State Opera and the State Theatre partner to enrich local opera experience

October 21, 2025

Two women and two men sing in unison.

Penn State Ukrainian Society shares importance of celebrating folk culture

October 20, 2025

Silhouette of a construction worker climbing scaffolding against a purple and orange sky, symbolizing progress and labor.

Penn State Altoona to present ‘Working’ as fall theatre performance

October 17, 2025

elaborat jack o lantern decoration

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 16-23

October 15, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to host fall performance series, calls for local artists

October 10, 2025

Colorful illustration of two people dancing in the street accompanied by the words Crazy for You

Centre Stage’s ‘Crazy for You’ taps into the Golden Age

October 10, 2025

Penn State Schuylkill introduces new way to move, learn with 'Dance 100'

October 06, 2025

Two women wearing traditional floral headdress sing in unison.

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 9-16

October 06, 2025

Parker McCollum performs on January 25, 2025

Things to Do at Penn State: Oct. 2-9

October 01, 2025

Actor Delroy Lindo to visit Penn State University Park Oct. 7–8

September 30, 2025

Penn State Altoona students Layna Henry, Nia Hubbard, Jay Schmidt, and Emma Moniz pose on stage for the Human Resources reading.

Penn State Altoona to host staged reading of ‘Human Resources’ Oct. 2

September 29, 2025

Two actors from the Linny Fowler WillPower Tour perform a sword fight scene from “Macbeth."

Penn State Fayette to host 53rd annual Shakespeare Festival

September 29, 2025

Two women wearing traditional dress stand in front of a mosaic background.

Kurbasy summons ‘Songs of the Ukrainian Forest’ Oct. 9 at Recital Hall

September 24, 2025

A large rhinoceros bursts out of a background of bright orange and yellow

Penn State Centre Stage’s ‘Rhinoceros’ blurs line between audience and 'herd'

September 23, 2025

abstract image of blue geometric patterns on an orange background

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 25-Oct. 2

September 23, 2025

An animated film still shows a young girl and a rooster on a raft.

‘Disney’s Moana Live-to-Film Concert’ celebrates island music, culture Oct. 14

September 23, 2025

Isabella Petitta, Department of Entomology, Graduate Student

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 18-25

September 17, 2025

Mónica Ortiz Rossi performs with Sanctuario

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 11-18

September 10, 2025

A dancer sits on one end of a ladder while a man holds the other end.

Momix returns to Eisenhower Auditorium on Oct. 8 with ‘Alice’

September 10, 2025

Circus tent with red and white stripes on carnival funfair, amusement park.

Penn State Altoona to host ‘Great DuBois Circus’ Oct. 3

September 08, 2025

A group of young women sing and dance at an outdoor concert.

Groove and mingle at the third annual Move Mix Festival on Sept. 25

September 06, 2025

Portrait Amy Dupain Vashaw outside Eisenhower Auditorium

Q&A: The 'invisible hand' driving artistic performances at Penn State

September 04, 2025

A smiling man wears a suit plays the drums

Things to Do at Penn State: Sept. 4-11

September 03, 2025

Young Black dancers stand in a row and gesture in unison.

Theatrical dance program celebrates abolitionist’s legacy at Penn State Sept. 19

September 02, 2025

Three women stand in front of cardboard cutouts resembling stiletto boots.

Lea Asbell-Swanger retires after 41 years at Center for the Performing Arts

August 28, 2025

Penn State Altoona professor accepted to attend symposium

August 28, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona announces performing arts audition dates

August 19, 2025

Eisenhower Auditorium-night

Center for the Performing Arts announces 2025-26 season

August 14, 2025

A group of smiling actors with microphones stand in a semi circle behind a central actor on a stage

Penn State Centre Stage announces 2025-26 show season

August 04, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona announces summer performance series lineup

July 08, 2025

A crowd mills about on a tree-lined street, with colorful flags hanging overhead.

2025 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts to be held July 9-13

July 03, 2025

Cirque performer group on a colorful stage

'Cirque Dreams Holidaze' is set to dazzle at the BJC this holiday season

June 25, 2025

Student's potential career path includes summer opportunity on Broadway

June 16, 2025

A male and female student rehearse a theater scene.

Penn State Centre Stage summer theater returns with two distinct productions

June 10, 2025

Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts

Penn State Altoona to host summer performance series, calls for local artists

June 09, 2025

Funny depiction of Shakespeare with bruises and black eye and yelling Ouch

Penn State Centre Stage ignites summer with the launch of Firefly Rep

June 03, 2025

Four One Night on Broadway performer headshots

‘New One Night on Broadway' takes Centre Stage with Penn State Theatre alumni

May 06, 2025

Bright green title text with Frankenstein images in the background

Penn State to present premiere of 'True Crime Frankenstein'

April 30, 2025

Neil deGrasse Tyson stands in front of a Hubble telescope image of the solar galaxy.

Tickets go on sale starting April 30 to see astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson

April 29, 2025

Livestream talk on April 30 with award-winning television director Mary Lou Belli

April 28, 2025

WE ARE mortar board

Things to Do at Penn State: April 24-May 15

April 23, 2025

A woman instructor raises her hands high in front of a group of dancers.

Free Let’s Dance movement workshop returns to Eisenhower Auditorium stage May 1

April 22, 2025

A painting of blue flowers on a blue background

Things to Do at Penn State: April 17-24

April 16, 2025

Alice in Wonderland

Things to Do at Penn State: April 10-17

April 09, 2025

Dancers from Penn State Altoona's Ivyside Dance Ensemble rehearse for their spring 2025 performance.

Things to Do at Penn State: April 3-10

April 02, 2025

PSCS Alice in Wonderland

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’

March 31, 2025

Students, faculty, and guests interact at the annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair

Altoona to host Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Fair April 12

March 28, 2025

Things to Do at Penn State Harrisburg: April 1-7

March 27, 2025

Native American woman dancing in colorful attire

Things to Do at Penn State: March 27-April 3

March 26, 2025

Large vertical video screens hang above a band and a choir.

Bang on a Can All-Stars to perform David Lang’s ‘Before and After Nature’

March 19, 2025

A young woman assists another woman with accessing tickets on her mobile phone.

Download the new, free Arts Ticket Center app for an easier event experience

March 19, 2025

Simon Majumdar 1

Things to Do at Penn State: March 20-27

March 19, 2025

Man in a black shirt and pants speaks in front of a group of students gathered around him in a circle

STAGES festival connects School of Theatre students to industry professionals

March 17, 2025

penn state centre stage rehearsal

Penn State Centre Stage presents ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost the Musical’

March 12, 2025

A diverse cast of actors dressed in dark, gothic, and monstrous costumes pose for a family portrait.

Broadway tour of ‘The Addams Family’ comes to Penn State for two shows April 1–2

March 11, 2025

Theatre masks of comedy and tragedy on a yellow background

Penn State Altoona to present Shakespeare spoof March 20 and 21

March 11, 2025

Three teen-age boys dance in unison in a semi-circle.

‘Dear Evan Hansen’ comes to Eisenhower Auditorium on March 27

March 06, 2025

Cafe Laura Entrance

Things to Do at Penn State: March 6-20

March 05, 2025

A group of acrobats circle to catch another in midair.

Acrobatic cirque company Circa’s ‘Duck Pond’ comes to Penn State on March 22

March 04, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 27-March 6

February 26, 2025

Harrisburg to host artist residency with poet and educator Brandon Leake

February 21, 2025

Drawing of a theatre set

School of Theatre professor helps bring the magic to Disney Treasure cruise ship

February 21, 2025

Penn State Cheerleaders performing on stage during THON

Things to Do at Penn State: Feb. 20-27

February 19, 2025

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Centre Stage presents 'How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying'

February 13, 2025

A woman working on a costume

School of Theatre graduate student values ‘knowing a little bit about everything’

February 11, 2025

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